HB150
HB150: Screening for Child Trafficking and Abuse
In one sentence
This bill requires shelters for runaway minors and state agencies to screen children for signs of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or commercial exploitation.
What it does
- Requires the Department of Family and Community Services to create a shared method for screening children with help from partners.
- Mandates that shelters for runaway minors check youth upon arrival if they may be victims of abuse or trafficking.
- Orders state agencies to screen children in their care when new information suggests risk of exploitation.
- Requires investigations into the experiences of missing children once they are found by authorities.
Who it affects
- Shelters that provide services for runaway minors
- The Department of Family and Community Services
- Children in need of aid or those committed to state custody
Limits and unknowns
- The bill does not state a specific date when it will become effective.
- The exact details of the screening questions are not included in this text, only that they must be developed within one year after the law takes effect.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Commercial sexual exploitation
- Sexual abuse or use of a child for money or anything else given by another person.
- Child in need of aid
- A minor who is under the care or custody of the Department of Family and Community Services.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
CHILD TRAFFICKING SCREENING An Act requiring the Department of Family and Community Services to develop a shared screening methodology; requiring shelters for runaway minors to screen minors for victimization relating to sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation; requiring the Department of Family and Community Services to screen children in need of aid for victimization relating to sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation; and relating to the duty of the Department of Family and Community Services to investigate the experiences of missing children in need of aid who have been located.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106Text
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER627
- (H) REFERRED TO HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES510
- (H) HSS, FIN510
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS510